Glove-stretcher.



F. W. TULLY.

GLOVE STRETCHER. l APPLlcATioN FILED lvm/.10l 1915.

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Patented Sept. 26, `1916.

FRANCIS w.Y TULLY, orisnooKLIivE, iressaonusnr'rs.'

GLOVE-STRETCI-IER.

Application led November 10, 1915.

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W; TULLY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State .of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful improvements in Glove-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to glove stretchers, and its object is to provide a stretcher peculiarly adapted for ready insertion into a wet glove to hold the glove in shape while drying, or into a crumpled glove to restore its proper shape and retain it until the glove is again worn.

A further obj ect is to provide a stretcher for these and similar purposes which may be so economically made as to warrant its sale at a very low price, or even to permit it to be given away for advertising purposes or the like.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate an embodiment of my invention,- Figure l is a plan view of my improved stretcher; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing the stretcher in partly contracted position; and Fig. 4 is a section on the lineV My improved stretcher has the shape or contour of a human hand, and is made of waterproof cardboard or any other-comparatively stiff material, waterproof, or adapted to be waterproofed, and comparatively inexpensive. It consists of two 'ings or sections A. located side by side and i hinged at B in any suitable manner,`v as byV scoring.

Each section or wing is cut or' slashed to form an integral tab or tongue C, around which is passed a spring member, such as an elastic band D, to hold said wings or Vsections in normal extended position shown in Figs. l and 2. Preferably. the linger portions are concaved or dished, as clearly shown in Fig. l.

Vhen it is desired to insert the stretcher into a wet or crumpled glove, the user graspsV the device at its wrist portion W and folds or swings the wings or sections A toward each other into the partly lcontracted position shown in Fig. 3. The stretcher is then inserted intothe glove, and when in the desired position the wings are released, whereupon the spring member D returns them to Specification of Letters '.tatent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1916.

Serial No. 60,790.

normal extended position so that the glove is tightly stretched and retained.l To remove the glove, it is necessary merely to swing or fold the wings toward eachother in the manner already described, whereupon the glove can be readily drawn olf.

It will be clear that my improved stretcher above described provides an efficient means for restoring wet or crumpled gloves Ato proper shape, and retaining such shape until the gloves are dry or are again to be worn. lt will be equally clear that the device may be very economically madeand therefore sold at a very low price, and that this 'fact coupled with the further fact that considerable advertising matter may be displayed thereon, makes the device well adapted for advertising and so is of utility not only to the users of gloves but also to the sellers thereof.

claim:

l. A glove stretcher comprising two hinged sections located side by side, and means to hold said sections in extended position.

2. A glove stretcher comprising two hinged sections, and a spring'member to hold said sections in extended position.

3. A waterproof glove stretcher having the contour ofV a human hand, comprising two hinged sections located side by side and means to lhold said sections in extended position.

.4.' A waterproof, cardboard, glove stretcher having the contour of a human hand, comprising two hinged sections located side by side Yand means to hold saidsections in extended position.

' 5. waterproof, cardboard glove stretcher having the contour of a human hand, comprising two hinged sections each provided with a tab, and a spring member engaging saidtabs to hold said sections in extended position.

' 6. Awaterproof, cardboard, glove stretcher having the contour of a human hand with dished linger portions, comprising two hinged sections each provided with a tab, and a spring member engaging said tabs to hold said sections in extended position.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this 8th day of November, 1915.

. FRANCIS W. TULLY.,

Copies of this patent may be obtained 'for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

